Protesters call on Duterte to sign waiver on bank accounts

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 15) — Hundreds of protesters joined an opposition group on Saturday at the University of the Philippines Diliman challenging President Rodrigo Duterte to disprove allegations of hidden wealth.

Tindig Pilipinas is primarily composed of current and former government officials connected with the Liberal Party and the previous Aquino administration.

Group member and former Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said Duterte should sign a waiver and make his bank accounts public to prove he is not hiding wealth.

Soliman added the movement is not part of a supposed destabilization plot against the administration.

[Translation: Doesn't the President believe the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines that under his administration, there is no destabilization, and this is not clouded with political color. We are ordinary citizens standing our ground. Yes, I was a part of the Aquino administration, but my sense of being a Filipino is still intact.]

Soliman's statement came after Duterte threatened to establish a revolutionary government if alleged destabilization plots against his administration would escalate.

Trillanes and Duterte have been butting heads over the latter's accounts since the 2016 presidential campaign, when then vice presidential candidate Trillanes said Duterte allegedly had ₱211 million in several bank accounts, which were not declared in his Statements of Assets and Liabilities.